diff --git a/panel/io/jupyter_server_extension.py b/panel/io/jupyter_server_extension.py
index 6d1d01dc35..d11a74e1a7 100644
--- a/panel/io/jupyter_server_extension.py
+++ b/panel/io/jupyter_server_extension.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def get_server_root_dir(settings):
 
 app = r'{{ path }}'
 os.chdir(str(pathlib.Path(app).parent))
-sys.path = [os.getcwd()] + sys.path[1:]
+sys.path = [os.getcwd()] + sys.path
 
 from panel.io.jupyter_executor import PanelExecutor
 executor = PanelExecutor(app, '{{ token }}', '{{ root_url }}')